Li Xiupeng said righteously: "This official believes that Wu Ningbo did this for a reason! However, a mistake is a mistake! And if you do something wrong, you will be punished, so why talk about those useless things!"

Liu Haojia laughed when he heard this, and after a while, he laughed and yelled, "Useless things? What is the useless thing that the official tells you? That is, since the establishment of the navy for a few months, tens of thousands of officers and men have not received a penny of salary! If this officer hadn't done this, maybe tens of thousands of naval officers would have mutinied a long time ago!"

Hearing Liu Haojia's roar, the courtiers were quiet for a moment at first, and then there was a commotion! Everyone knows how much information Liu Haojia has in this sentence! First of all, the household department and the military department will deduct money and food, and then the army may mutiny!

No matter which of these two things is taken out alone, it is a big deal! Especially the thing about the mutiny of the soldiers! If such a situation really occurs, I am afraid that it will be even more terrible than when there were Japanese robbers back then! If nothing else, at least Jiangnan erosion is no problem!

Emperor Wanli showed an angry look when he heard this, and he slapped the imperial case again and again and said loudly, "Don't make any noise! Wu Ningbo, you explain the matter to me, what is going on?"

The courtiers all quieted down when they heard this, and they all looked at Liu Haojia. I heard him say loudly, "Your Majesty, it has been almost eight months since the establishment of the Navy! During this time, the minister's face did not receive a penny, not a grain of rice! But in this case, the officers and men of the navy are still going to sea to suppress bandits, which shows their loyalty and bravery! However, these naval officers also have families to support, and they themselves have to eat enough to have the strength to fight! Therefore, in desperation, the minister had to steal the family property of some gangsters and gentry and officers, and also take them to fill the shortage of military funds!"

As Liu Haojia spoke, the faces of the courtiers kept changing! There is surprise, there is pity, there is greed! In particular, the looks of the officials of the household department and the military department are even more wonderful! Especially the faces of the two Shangshu lords were even more gloomy and terrifying!

Originally, in their plan, they just wanted to use food and salary to control the navy, so as to pave the way for seizing benefits in the future. And they also specially beckoned the below, asking them to give a small amount of money out to appease the subordinates after a period of delay, so as not to cause trouble!

But they have completely forgotten the phrase called upward and downward effect! If the people above dare to poke a hole out, the people below will be able to dig out a big hole in the carriage! And they also underestimate the greed of those below! They didn't expect that in the past few months, these people have not allocated any money at all!

In the silence, Emperor Wanli squeezed out a voice from between his teeth and said, "Okay, I almost forced tens of thousands of soldiers to the point of mutiny, I'm really afraid that I won't die!" The household department, the military department, come out and explain!"

After Emperor Wanli finished speaking, two people dressed in the official mansion of the second grade slowly came out of class and knelt on the ground. One of them is Guo Xiaoxing, the head of the household, but looking at his face is quite good, it seems that he is sure to pass the test. Another person with a thin face is Ma Yunqi, the secretary of the military department. And his face is much more ugly!.

Seeing the two of them kneeling on the ground, Emperor Wanli had no intention of letting them get up at all! It was a great humiliation, but those present did not complain in the slightest. Because this time it's just too big!

I only heard Emperor Wanli say, "Lord Guo, you are the Shangshu of the household, and all the money comes out of you, why don't you talk about it first?"

Guo Xiaoxing heard the fury in Emperor Wanli's calm tone, and immediately kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, the navy's salaries and silver have been allocated in the past few months, but the specific figures still need to be looked at the accounts."

Emperor Wanli turned his head directly and said, "Zhang Jia, you take someone to the household department in person, and bring the account that they have allocated to the water master in two years, along with the account book!" By the way, don't forget to bring it with you."

When everyone heard this, their hearts sank! Especially Liu Shouyou, who was standing in the class, was even more flustered! Because according to the usual practice, these things need to be brought forward by Jinyiwei, but now Emperor Wanli has directly ordered the people in Dongchang, and it seems that he doesn't trust Jinyiwei very much!

After Zhang Jia received the order to leave, Emperor Wanli looked at Ma Yunqi and said, "The household department said that the money will be allocated to your military department, so what do you say?"

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Yun Qi kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty, the ownership of this navy has not yet been decided, so it is inevitable that there will be some arrears in the salary, and it must be ......."

Before he could finish speaking, Liu Haojia said loudly, "Your Majesty, Master Ma is just arguing with words! When His Majesty decreed the establishment of the navy, the decree was clear: the navy was originally separated from the naval divisions, and the salaries that should have been issued to these naval divisions were automatically taken over by the navy and distributed according to the specific number of people. Now that Lord Ma is talking about something that has not yet been decided, it seems that he does not take His Majesty's will seriously at all!"

Hearing this, Ma Yunqi straightened up and said loudly, "Wu Ningbo, you don't want to spew blood! The Ministry of War is in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, I don't know how many holes to plug, and it is common to occasionally embezzle money, how can it be misappropriated when you come to your navy?"

Liu Haojia sneered and said, "Master Ma said that the matter can be understood, but you have to have a limit to this misappropriation, how can there be a penny for seven months? You're trying to drive everyone up and down the navy to death!"

As soon as Liu Haojia's words fell, many people in the ranks of the honorable and military attachés already issued angry denunciations! Although they are now in a high position, they may not care about those ordinary soldiers, but their natural position determines that they must support Liu Haojia at this time! Especially if this matter is used well, maybe in the future, they can deduct some more silver in the hands of the household department and the military department, so they naturally have to chase and fight fiercely!

After Xungui's voice slowly fell, several more people in the civil official queue came out of class and knelt on the ground. These people are all people who can talk to the household department and the military department, including the squire and a few langzhong.

They are worthy of being people who came out of the system, as if they had discussed it in advance, and listed the reasons in turn to defend their yamen. The narrative is very perfectly connected, and the reason is very simple, that is, the household income is insufficient every year, and the expenditure of silver is increasing year by year!

Therefore, their yamen has been able to reduce their expenditures as much as possible, so the amount of money allocated by the household department is much less than in previous years. And the military department said that the stall was too big, and the money allocated by the household department was not enough, so it could only be clumsy and struggling to maintain the situation! Therefore, the soldiers below should be sympathetic to the difficulties of the imperial court!